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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
1
Carroll county voters are urged to go to the polls on November 3. War dispatches describe convoys near the coast and local aviation training success, with Carroll county youths among the specialists. The Tri Kappas plan to honor armed forces relatives with cards and remembrances.
Members of the new high school girls home economics club prepared and served a banquet for the Father and Son Hi Y group. The menu included creamed chicken hot biscuits parsley potatoes green beans Harvard beets celery and dill pickles cranberry sauce ice cream cookies and milk. Delphi club delegates Martha Fountain and Pauline Ross attended a state and national home economics club convention in Indianapolis along with instructor Mrs. Muret Nugent.
Miles Martin was reelected chairman of the Carroll County Farm Bureau at the Tuesday meeting in Camden community hall. Officers Russell Craig, Mrs. Charles Tansey, and Mrs. Sanford Allen were also reelected as vice chairman, social and educational leader, and secretary-treasurer. About 175 attended the cooperative supper and meeting. Arthur Arnott of Rensselaer was the district Farm Bureau chairman and principal speaker.
Mrs. Robert Bradshaw, county chairman, announces that Adams and Tippecanoe townships have completed registration and begun meetings. In Adams, R. N. Wilma Eldridge leads 28 women on Friday afternoons. in Tippecanoe, Eva Parker Jackson conducts 19 women with sessions led by R. N. instructors.
Miss Lucille Nelson daughter of Mrs Pearl Nelson formerly of Delphi married Lieutenant Robert R Buck of Remington in a ceremony at the Methodist Temple Terre Haute. Mrs Buck a Delphi high school and Indiana State Teachers College graduate member of Kappa Kappa sorority. Buck to graduate from Indiana University in December.
Mrs Edna Yeager announces Miss Lella Gaddis Purdue state specialist will be principal speaker at Carroll County Achievement Day Friday November 6 at Burlington Christian Church Registration 9 to 9 30 a m morning program 9 30 onward includes community singing and speeches by club members lunch at noon afternoon program features Washington township kitchen band Sprinkle Sisters musical numbers address by Miss Lella Gaddis and presentation of 4H girls The day ends with In Memoriam and club prayer song Throw Your Scrap Into The Fight.
Ensign Jack Grimm son of Mr and Mrs E O Grimm of Delphi completes a four months course at Harvard University after commission on March 16. He previously attended Delphi high school Illinois University class of 1938 and Institute of Mortuary Science 1939. He will visit ten days before reporting to active duty.
The Indiana Victory Caravan from Fort Benjamin Harrison will visit Delphi Tuesday morning November 3 from 9 to 9 30 a m for a war bond rally. The 798th Military Police Battalion with over 200 troops will display modern army equipment including armored cars jeeps and a baby tank. A dramatic demonstration and walkie talkie unit will be shown. Delphi students will be dismissed for the event and resume classes at 9 30.
Five Carroll county men left this morning for Camp Lagro near Wabash a non military unit for conscientious objectors. The men are Wayne P. Brubaker Flora Paul Sylvester Austin Rossville Edwin Warren Wise Delphi route 3 Ezra Harold Wagoner Camden Calvin David Kessler Rossville
A candidate informs Deer Creek Township voters that their name will appear on the ballot for Trustee. The pledge emphasizes service to all residents if elected and thanks voters for their consideration.
Lawrence G. Harris seeks Carroll County treasurer with over three decades in Delphi business ownership and cafe operation. Dale E. Beck runs for joint Carroll Cass representative from a family farm near Deer Creek with long Farm Bureau involvement. Levi Furst campaigns for county commissioner first district promising fair, efficient government and equal citizen treatment.
The race features Wilbur Lane of Bringhurst challenging Watson McCormick. Lane, a former Carroll Circuit Court clerk, studied law at Indiana Law School and plans to graduate in January. He served overseas in World War I and is a member of the American Legion, while running a general store with widely known motor trucks in Carroll and nearby counties.
Lyman Fisher of Flora, a lifelong Carroll County resident, announces his candidacy for sheriff. He has lived in Flora 16 years and partnered with Chittick Auto Co. for eight years. Fisher, a father of three, serves in the American Legion and belongs to the Church of the Brethren. He is the son of John Fisher from south of Delphi.
Earl Stewart, a Rockfield resident, lifelong farmer in Rock Creek township for forty years, served eight years as township trustee and two years on the county board of review. He has settled several estates and is experienced in appraising property. Stewart attends Rockfield Presbyterian Church and belongs to Masonic, Eastern Star and Odd Fellows lodges.
Mark H. Carter of Flora is the Democratic candidate for Carroll County coroner. A lifelong county resident, he is married with two children and runs Carter Funeral Home in Flora for three years. He is a graduate of the Askin College of Embalming in Indianapolis.
Fred Hannell, a lifelong Carroll County resident and Delphi High School graduate, campaigns as a Democratic candidate from the third district. He operates a large Madison Township farm east of Ockley. his daughter Joan attends New Hope School and joins 4H, while his wife supports the township home economics club. He has helped in farm bureau activities and wartime civic efforts, pledging square dealing and fairness in office.
Lotie Haslet a lifelong Carroll County resident is the Democratic candidate for county auditor. He lives on a farm in Ockley and has run a 23 year business in the area. A Farm Bureau member and member of the Odd Fellows and Eagles lodges he is married with four children and has served on the welfare board for eighteen months as its president.
Eighteen Carroll county selectees departed Delphi for U S Army induction at Fort Benjamin Harrison after a fourteen day furlough. Robert Thompson led the group as they traveled from Delphi, Flora, Monticello, Cutler, and Indianapolis area R R stations. William S. Kerlin joined for the physical and will attend Officer Training at Camp Croft South Carolina.
Democratic County Chairman Guy Coplen and Republican Chairman W O Pettiner announce election boards for November 3. Boards list judge, clerk, and sheriff for each precinct in Burlington Carrollton Clay Deer Creek and other locales with names for each position.
County clerk Charles Bell reports about 11,000 residents eligible to vote in Carroll county with 1,637 registered in Delphi. 1940 data showed 10,085 registered in the county and 9,119 total votes. Democrats led in 1940 by 4,195 votes. Republicans 4,924.
The ninth annual Carroll County Intermediate Conference for sixth to eighth graders and interested high schoolers will be held at Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church in Washington township on Saturday, November 14. Leaders include Dr. R. L. Holland, Miss Dorothy Copeland, and county ministers. Morning and afternoon meetings precede a noon banquet. registration is fifty cents with banquet tickets sold separately.
The Sunshine Society of Delphi High School stages a charity screening of My Favorite Spy at the Roxy Theatre on Thursday Nov 5. Kay Kyser Brillen Drew and Jane Wyman star in the comedy with proceeds going to the Sunshine treasury. Tickets sold at the door or from Sunshine girls. The club also works on an Afghan for soldiers at Camp Atterbury.
Judge William B. Smith in Carroll circuit court upheld the will of Phillip A. Russell and his marriage to Mary C. Schriner in a cremated set of suits from Tippecanoe county. Twenty two lawsuits were compromised for 17000 dollars and involve numerous relatives sharing a distribution from an estate valued over 100000 dollars.
Seymour Paden a 74 year old Camden native died Wednesday at Wesley Memorial hospital in Chicago after a seven week illness. He had practiced dentistry in Chicago since leaving Camden. survivors include his wife five daughters and a son all in Chicago two brothers Charles and William Paden of Camden and two sisters Mrs Florence Smith of Lowell and Mrs Jennie Snoeberger of Camden. Body brought to Baker funeral home in Camden pending funeral arrangements.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 o clock at the Burnettsville residence for May Aurelia Develin 66 of Idaville who died Monday after a four months illness Surviving is a sister Mertie at home She was born January 12 1876 the daughter of Levi and Mary Develin in the home where she died The Rev J Ross Richey of Idaville officiated with burial in Davis Cemetery.
Joe Fincher of Rockfield was returned home Wednesday from the Martinsville Sanitarium by Grimm.
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